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The Battalion
Monday, February 11,
No. J vs. No.2 showdown comes down to mistakes
Razorback turnovers sink upset hopes
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) —
Arkansas, a team that lives on turn
overs, died the same way.
After 24 games, the second-
ranked Razorhacks had committed
361 turnovers and gotten 525.
On Sunday, against No. 1 Ne-
vada-Las Vegas, it was Arkansas with
23 turnovers and UNLV with 15.
“I thought we handled their press
real well,” UNLV coach Jerry Tarka-
nian said after a 112-105 victory. “I
think we got a lot more out of their
E ress than they did. I think we got a
>t more layups.
“That’s what you always want to
do as a coach, I think, you want to
get more than you give up,” he said.
Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson
said that he knew his Razorhacks
would have to protect the ball
against UNLV. ,
“In order for us to have a chance,
we can’t lose the ball 23 times,” he
said.
Asked how Vegas can get beat,
Richardson said: “Play Detroit, the
Lakers, one of those teams, or just
have what you call a terrible night on
the road.”
“In the five spots, there is not very
much weakness. I think our team
can play with them, particularly if
we’re not going to lose the basket
ball. You can play with them longer
and you can have a chance,” he said.
Richardson said the fact that the
Rebels could rebound with only two
players enabled them to get a couple
of people out on a break. That, in
turn, never allowed Arkansas to get
the Rebels into a pressure-type situa
tion.
Arkansas led 50-46 at the half, but
Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson and
Anderson Hunt played a big role in
a 38-19 run during the first 10 min
utes of the second half.
A monster stuff by George Ackles
ended a 10-0 run in the first four
minutes of the half. Augmon put
back a miss for the first 10-point lead
of the game, 62-52. A 3-pointer by
Hunt and two free throws by Hunt
made it 84-69 with less than 10 min
utes remaining, and UNLV later led
by 23.
Richardson said the Razorhacks
lost their composure a little bit early
in the second half.
"We did not get the intensity we
left the floor with,” he said. "That
first five minutes may have been the
worst five minutes we’ve played in a
long time. I don’t know the reason.”
Tarkanian said there wasn’t much
said at the half.
“The only thing we said at half
time was defensively, we kept them
in front of us and challenged every
shot,” he said. “We stopped their
penetration totally and challenged
every shot. We made them shoot
over us and I thought that was a
key.”
Joyner happy
with record
settlement
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —First
baseman Wally Joyner got the
highest salary ever in arbitration,
winning at $2.1 million and
breaking Don Mattingly’s pre
vious record.
Arbitrator Gil Vernon made
his decision late Saturday, turn
ing down the California Angels’
offer of $ 1.65 million.
“Obviously, I’m very happy
about the outcome of the arbitra
tion case,” Joyner said.
“It’s finally over. There’s two
seasons in baseball, in-season and
out-of-season. My out-of-season
is finally over. Now I can start
having fun.”
A stress fracture in his right
kneecap limited Joyner to 83
games last season, when he hit
.268 with eight home runs and 41
RBIs.
California’s offer was a
$100,000 cut from Joyner’s 1990
salary, which he won in arbitra
tion last winter. California had of
fered $ 1,225,000 last year.
“Wally didn’t deserve a cut and
that’s what the case was about,”
said Michael Watkins, who pre
sented Joyner’s case with agent
Barry Axelrod.
“When a player produces as he
has, he doesn’t deserve a cut.”
Mattingly’s previous record of
$1,975,000 was set in 1987.
Leonard to retire, take up golf
after being battered by Norris
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time for
Sugar Ray Leonard to hit something
that doesn’t hit back.
That’s exactly what he’s going to
do.
Leonard
“I want to
do what I
planned to do
a long time
ago — take
golf lessons,”
Leonard said
early Sunday
following his
12-round bat
tering by
Terry Norris.
“It’s time to
get away phys-
ically from
boxing,” added Leonard, who will
continue to be involved with the
management of boxers.
Shortly after the end of his Mad
ison Square Garden debut before
7,495 fans Saturday night, Leonard
grabbed the ring microphone and
said, “This is my last fight. Thank
you for coming out. God bless you
all.”
Leonard, who will be 35 on May
17, had said he never again would
announce his retirement.
It was not so much an announce
ment, however, as it was a confirma
tion. The flashing fists of the 23-
year-old Norris and the three official
scorecards already had announced
that Leonard was finished.
“Trust me, this is it,” Leonard said
when reminded that he twice has
come out of announced retirements.
“It was a sad victory because of the
way I ended Ray’s career,” said hfor-
ris, who retained the World Boxing
Council super welterweight (154-
pound) title.
Leonard was knocked down in the
second and seventh rounds. His lips
were bleeding. His face was lumpy.
“I’ve been a risk taker and I’m
happy nothing happened to me,” he
said.
“It's time for the
young guys to take
control.”
— Sugar Ray Leonard
The Leonard pride, however,
showed through the bumps and the
blood.
“I never thought of quitting dur
ing the fight,” he said.
One “no mas” fight was all there
was going to be in Leonard’s career.
“No mas” is what Roberto Duran
said when he quit in the eighth
round of his 1980 rematch with
Leonard.
When the final bell mercifully
tolled for the exhausted Leonard, he
was behind by an incredible 16
points on each of two official cards.
“Ray took a pretty bad beating,”
Norris said.
“He showed me things that I
showed guys in the past,” Leonard
said.
Of course, it was things Leonard
failed to show that helped make the
match so one-sided. His feet some
times seemed anchored to the can
vas. His arms grew heavy from frus
tration and desperation.
Early in the 10th round, Leonard
shook his head and motioned at
Norris with his gloves in a gesture of
resignation.
“Ray was my idol,” Norris said.
“He still is. That will never change.”
So it ends.
“I feel good moving on,” Leonard
said. “I enoyed my career. I wouldn’t
trade it for anybody’s.”
Leonard won a gold medal as a
light welterweight in the 1976 Olym
pics at Montreal, then said, “Boxing
as an amateur is in me. Pro in not in
my heart.”
His flashing, dashing style and a
winning personality, however, were
sure-fire money makers — and
Leonard needed money. He turned
pro in 1977 and has earned purses
of more than $100 million. His
purse, according to his attorney
Mike Trainer, was at least $4 million
for his his farewell fight.
The 1987 split decision in Leon
ard’s favor was controversial, but his
performance was remarkable.
“I don’t want anybody to feel
sorry for me,” Leonard said after the
fight. “I’m no longer the fighter for
the ’90s that I was for the ’70 and
’80s.”
“It’s time for the young guys to
take control,” he said Sunday morn
ing.
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Barkley leads East past
West in All-Star tilt
Richardson said he knew the Ra-
zorbacks would have to shoot well
from outside. But, he pointed out
that Todd Day made only eight of 21
and Lee Mayberry only four of 15.
“I fhougnt our kids played de
fense in the second half aoout as well
as you can play it,” Tarkanian said.
“One thing our kids can do, they’ve
done it all year long, they can guard
the basketball. I don’t think there is
anybody in the country that can
guard the basketball like our kids do,
I mean to stop penetration, that’s
what we did the second half, we did
not allow any dribble penetration
and they wound up taking a lot of
really tough shots.”
He saiahe thought it was a tribute
to the conditioning of the UNLV
players that Greg Anthony could
play 40 minutes, Augmon 39, An
derson Hunt 37 and Johnson 36 at
the pace of Sunday’s game.
“The second half, the first 17 min
utes, I thought we were about as
good as it can be,” he said. “At both
ends of the court. ”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —
Charles Barkley, a reluctant All-
Star, showed no reluctance to go
to the basket Sunday.
The powerful forward for the
Philadelphia 76ers, playing on a
stress fracture in his left foot, be
came the MVP with 17 points and
22 rebounds, leading the East to a
116-114 victory. Tnat was the
most rebounds of any All-Star
since Wilt Chamberlain grabbed
22 in 1967, but five short of Bob
Pettit’s 1962 record.
Barkley wanted to skip the All-
Star game to rest his ailing foot,
but was ordered by the NBA to
appear. He missed seven games
witn the injury, then returned to
play four times before the break.
It was the second straight sea
son the league told Barkley to
play when he preferred to recu
perate. This year, he had 11 re
bounds in each half for the East,
which improved its All-Star game
victory margin to 27-14.
The West, trailing by two
lints, went for a win at the end.
Levin Johnson launched a 3-
point try that appeared to be fall
ing short before teammate Karl
Malone tipped the ball. The call
of basket interference gave the
East possession with 2.9 seconds
left, and Michael Jordan ran
down the clock.
The game was close most of the
way, with 20 lead changes. The
West climbed within two points
four times in the final minutes
without catching up.
David Robinson, who had four
fouls at halftime, returned with
5:01 left and quickly converted a
three-point play to close the West
deficit to 109-107.
Robinson, Malone and Magic
Johnson led the West with 16
points each, and Malone had 11
rebounds.
Patrick Ewing had 18 points
and 10 rebounds for the East.
Players took the showtime
theme of All-Star weekend to
heart in the first period, making
acrobatic moves to the basket to
no effect. The most glaring ex
ample was Dominique Wilkim'
missed attempt of a breakaway
dunk.
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The East was 10-for-51 from
the field in the first quarter, mak
ing only one shot from more than
five feet, and the West was 9-for-
26. The East had nine turnovers,
four by Jordan, and the West five
turnovers.
Both teams settled down in the
second quarter, with the West
surpassing its first-period point
total in seven minutes ana the
East in eight minutes.
Pokes eager for draft time
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — This year’s draft is the one the Dallas
Cowboys have been waiting for.
For two seasons under coach Jimmy Johnson, the Cowboys traded
away such players as Herschel Walker and Steve Walsh for draft choices
in hopes of paving the way for a return to the playoffs.
Which is why the Cowboys, who have three No. 1 picks in the April
21-22 draft, kept a high profile at the weeklong NFL scouting combine.
“We believe this draft will give us immediate help and also provide a
solid nucleus for years to come,” said Dick Mansperger, the club’s direc
tor of college scouting. “It will be a long time before we have three picks
in the first round again. Not many teams get that opportunity, but we
do through some trades we think were astute.
“We’re very happy with our draft situation and excited over what it
can produce, if we do our homework.”
In 1989, the Cowboys won one game in Johnson’s first year. Last
year, they were 7-9 and were eliminated from a playoff berth on the fi
nal weekend of the season. Dallas last made the playoffs in 1985.
“We made major progress last year and feel we would have been in
the playoffs if we had our quarterback for those last two games,"
Mansperger said.
Troy Aikman separated his right shoulder in a 17-3 loss to the Ea
gles in the next-to-Iast game and replacement Babe Laufenberg was in
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The Cowboys have the No. 12, 13 and 15 jatfks in the opening
round, their own pick (No. 13) in the second round and two more picks
in the third round.
“I won’t say this draft is going to turn us into an instant Super Bowl
team, but you nope that in a few years from now you’ll see favorable ef
fects,” he said. “It’s going to be three or four years to really tell how
much we’ve improved ourselves.”
Without a Top 10 pick, Mansperger doesn’t anticipate Johnson
looking to fill a specific position.
“Unless we work a deal to move up, and I’m not saying that’s what
we want to do, we’ll take the best players available when we draft,”
Mansperger said. “You can only go with the hand you’re dealt and we
can’t control other team’s selections to get the guys we really want.”
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